I am the villain, plundering the destiny of the heroine.

Xiao Yan sneered as if he had seen a joke: "Don't overestimate your own abilities."

"The Sealing Heaven and Forbidden Earth Formation is a forbidden formation from ancient times. Even a first-rank cultivator cannot enter or exit. Your wish to break it is nothing but wishful thinking!"

Although the combat power Li Xu just displayed far exceeded that of an ordinary third-grade cultivator, no matter how extraordinary he was, he could never be comparable to a true first-grade master.

It is worth mentioning that Xiao Yan did not intend to mock or attack Li Xu, but for Zhou Furong's sake, he gave him some advice to prevent him from wasting too much effort in breaking the Sealing Heaven and Earth Formation, causing him and Zhou Furong to miss the best opportunity to leave Jinling City.

"Shut up!"

Zhou Furong couldn't bear to see Xiao Yan pouring cold water on Li Xu, so she used the hilt of her sword to slap his contemptuous face, turning it into one of grievance.

Li Xu took a deep breath to calm his mind. He was of course aware of how powerful this Heaven-Sealing Desperate Formation was. Otherwise, Tianfu would not have been able to use it to devour the blood and essence of the people of Jinling City.

But no matter how powerful the magic formation is, he has to give it a try, otherwise the millions of people in Jinling City will be difficult to save.

"I have combined five heavenly-grade skills into one. This is the most powerful killing move I can currently perform. Its power should be comparable to that of a quasi-first-grade skill. If even this cannot destroy the Heaven-Sealing Absolute Earth Formation..."

Li Xu put aside all distracting thoughts, and with the colorful spiritual power that permeated the surface of his fist with mysterious Taoist rhyme, he smashed towards the scarlet light shield.

"boom!!"

The moment the two collided, a deafening roar and a rolling shock wave poured out from the surface of the light shield like a volcanic eruption, blowing all the bricks, stones and dust on the ground into the sky.

"This punch is so powerful? Is he really only a third-grade one?!"

Xiao Yan looked at Li Xu's figure engulfed by the smoke and dust with complicated eyes, as if he understood why Zhou Furong was so in love with him.

The difference in their cultivation alone was a chasm that he could not cross in the short term.

"You are just more capable than me. Compared with my father, the masters of the major sects, and other truly great and powerful people, you are just a lackey..."

Before Xiao Yan could come up with the idea of ​​belittling Li Xu, he suddenly heard a crisp "crackling" sound in the smoke and dust, like the sound of glass breaking.

"this!"

Xiao Yan thought of something and his eyes widened in disbelief.

Soon, the dust settled, and the result of Li Xu's punch appeared in his field of vision. He saw that the originally indestructible scarlet light shield was now blasted through with an irregular gap as tall as an adult!
"Success!"

Zhou Furong was overjoyed. If she didn't have to use the magic sword to hold Xiao Yan hostage, she would have been so excited that she really wanted to rush over and hug Li Xu.

...Actually, it was a failure.

Li Xu silently retracted his fist.

His original intention was to completely destroy the Sealing Heaven and Desperate Earth Formation in order to resolve the crisis of having their blood and essence devoured for the people of Jinling City, but even with all his strength he could only create a small gap in the formation.

Compared with the scarlet light shield covering the entire city, this small gap is just a drop in the bucket and cannot cause any fundamental damage to the Sealing Heaven and Earth Formation.

"Rong'er, please go out."

Li Xu opened his mouth to give instructions.

"You go to the nearest town to ask for help, and be sure to convey the situation in Jinling City to Dijing City as soon as possible."

After these words were spoken, Zhou Furong and Xiao Yan were both stunned.

Zhou Furong had just finished a passionate lovemaking with Li Xu. They already had a basic understanding and she immediately saw through his intentions: "Do you want to stay in Jinling City to deal with Tianfu?"

"I won't leave, I want to stay with you!"

Li Xu shook his head: "Don't act on impulse. I can travel through the void. Once the situation deteriorates to an irreversible point, I can leave Jinling City at any time."

"But you are different. As long as you ask for help in time, the people of Jinling City will have a chance of survival."

If Li Xu was in his prime, with his cultivation level, he could teleport thousands of miles directly to the Imperial Capital City. However, he had just fought a fierce battle with the people of Tianfu, and used brute force to blast through the Sealing Heaven and Earth Formation, which caused the spiritual power in his sea of ​​​​energy to be depleted by more than half. He could only teleport over medium and short distances at most.

Tianfu's plan this time was too big. Li Xu was afraid that Li Chunfeng would be overthrown by the major sects. He had to crush their conspiracy at all costs. Therefore, instead of escaping in disgrace, he might as well do everything he could to try to stop the other party while ensuring his own safety. The task of conveying the message for help was given to Zhou Furong.

"Then...then you have to promise me that nothing will happen to you!"

Zhou Furong was not a girl who did not know her limits, so she did not insist on staying with Li Xu, and gave him instructions with full concern.

"Of course nothing will happen to me." Li Xu smiled at her: "I will go back to Imperial Capital to marry you!"

Zhou Furong blushed, pursed her lips, and suddenly walked quickly to Li Xu, held his cheeks with both hands, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him directly and boldly.

"Miss Zhou! You——"

Xiao Yan's face turned pale. When Li Xu had sex with Zhou Furong before, at least there was a door between him and him, so he did not witness it directly. But now he had to watch the two of them kissing passionately. It was even more painful than killing Xiao Yan. He felt as if his heart was being torn apart and crushed inch by inch.

"You must also be careful and safe. If you encounter any danger, crush this jade slip and I will teleport to you immediately according to your location."

After the short and passionate kiss, Li Xu took out a jade slip infused with the rhyme of time and space and handed it to Zhou Furong.

Zhou Furong nodded, took a last reluctant look at Li Xu, and flew out from the gap in the light shield that Li Xu had broken.

"Miss Zhou! Can you tell me your name and your true identity?"

Xiao Yan had a premonition that this might be the last time he would see Zhou Furong in this life. He no longer cared about the heartbreak and pain, and called out to her flying figure with tears in his eyes.

Zhou Furong ignored him and her figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Xiao Yan's cultivation was sealed by Li Xu. Even if he wanted to catch up with Zhou Furong, he couldn't. He suddenly fell to his knees on the ground in a trance, mumbling in despair:

"You won't even tell me your name... I really never wanted to hurt you, why do you treat me like this..."

...This guy's infatuation with Zhou Furong is actually comparable to my infatuation with Li Tianai? ?

Li Xu didn't see any signs of acting from Xiao Yan and frowned.

After a moment of silence, he said, "I can tell you Rong'er's identity, but in exchange, you have to tell me how you avoided being devoured by the magic circle."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's dark and desperate eyes lit up with hope again. Fearing that Li Xu would go back on his word, he quickly took out a jade pendant from his arms.

"This jade pendant was given to me by my father. As long as I put it on my body, I will be immune to the Heaven-Sealing Formation!"

Li Xu took the jade pendant with some doubt. The moment it came into contact with it, the blood essence in his body that was being plundered by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth stopped flowing immediately. Very good, the confidence in dealing with Tianfu has increased...

"You should tell me Miss Zhou's identity!" Xiao Yan urged anxiously: "From now on, even if I have to go to the ends of the earth, I will definitely find Miss Zhou! Reunite with her!"

...You have to survive to find Rong'er.

Although Li Xu had already decided to kill Xiao Yan after threatening Tianfu with him, he did not break his promise to him at this moment and said indifferently:

"Rong'er is the Princess of Dayan. Even if you can find Rong'er in the future, she will never have any connection with the people of the sect."

The Jianghu sect and the Dayan Dynasty were originally in a life-and-death hostile relationship. Li Xu revealed Zhou Furong's identity not only to fulfill his promise, but also to completely extinguish Xiao Yan's thoughts about Zhou Furong.

"What! Miss Zhou is the Princess of Dayan?!"

Xiao Yan was shocked, staring at Li Xu with his eyes fixed: "Hurry up and tell me that you lied to me! Miss Zhou must not be the Princess of Dayan!"

Li Xu frowned more and more, thinking that the other party was somewhat possessed by a demon, and asked back, "Why can't she be a princess——"

"I'm not being mysterious with you!"

Xiao Yan suddenly became emotional and interrupted in a harsh voice: "If Miss Zhou is really a princess, you must protect her! You must not let her return to Imperial Capital City!"

Li Xu was suspicious and couldn't understand why Xiao Yan was so excited.

It's only natural for Zhou Furong to return to the Imperial Capital, right?

Not only are there hundreds of thousands of elite imperial troops in the Imperial Capital, but there are also Lao Deng and Luo Meiyu. What danger could she encounter?
"Once Miss Zhou returns to Imperial Capital City, she will surely die!"

Xiao Yan knew that Li Xu didn't believe him. For the safety of his beloved girl, he didn't care about anything else and blurted out the secret: "Emperor Yan wants to--"

"boom!"

The unfinished words were replaced by a bloody explosion.

Without any warning, Xiao Yan exploded into a ball of blood mist on the spot, with all kinds of organ fragments flying everywhere.

Li Xu had seen countless storms during this period, but he was still shocked by the strange explosion of Xiao Yan's body. At first he thought someone was hiding in the dark and attacking him, but he quickly scanned the surroundings and did not sense any spiritual energy.

"It's a soul restriction!"

In the soul ring space, Su Xian'er spoke up and concluded: "Just like the soul restriction that Li Tianai set for me to protect you, someone also set a similar soul restriction for Xiao Yan."

"Once Xiao Yan violates the restriction and does something that the person who placed the restriction does not allow, or says something that the person who placed the restriction does not allow, he will explode and die instantly."

Li Xu seemed to be thinking about something, and a rare look of horror appeared on his face.

When he first heard Xiao Yan say that Zhou Furong would die if she returned to Dijing City, he thought he was just talking nonsense. But now the fart was too loud and it actually blew him to death without a burial place!

"If you say so, Xian'er, then the conspiracy secretly planned by Tianfu is not as simple as destroying Jinling City."

Li Xu calmly analyzed: "They have other plans targeting Imperial Capital City."

"The soul restriction that Xiao Yan violated just now only required Rong'er not to go to the Imperial Capital City or mention Emperor Yan..."

Li Xu seriously suspected that the reason why Xiao Yan violated the soul restriction and exploded was because of the word "Emperor Yan"!
"Xiao Yan is the young master of Tianfu. The only person who can place a soul restriction on him is his father, the master of Tianfu, or Emperor Yan himself!"

It’s not that Li Xu’s thoughts are wild and imaginative, but Xiao Yan’s sudden self-explosion just now is indeed closely related to Emperor Yan no matter how you look at it.

When the Sealing Heaven and Earth Formation was activated earlier, Li Xu secretly had doubts in his heart. He felt that Jinling City was a prosperous city second only to Imperial Capital City. If the martial arts sects wanted to set up a top-level magic formation covering the entire city silently, it would be impossible without an insider!
Moreover, the traitor must hold a high position in Jinling City, such as a county governor or a commander, a position with great power.

"You mean, little brat, Emperor Yan is colluding with the major sects?"

In the Soul Ring Space, Su Xian'er was amused: "What is the purpose of Emperor Yan's collusion with the sect? To overthrow himself and give you a chance to ask him 'Why did your majesty rebel'?"

Speaking of this, Su Xian'er couldn't help but laugh at herself.

Li Xu frowned and said nothing.

He felt that if Emperor Yan really colluded with the sect, the reason must be the second half of Xiao Yan’s words that he didn’t finish before he blew himself up!

"Once Miss Zhou returns to the Imperial Capital, she will surely die! Emperor Yan wants to—"

……

"What exactly is Emperor Yan going to do?"

The more Li Xu pondered, the more frightened he felt. It seemed that compared with the second half of Xiao Yan's unfinished words, Tianfu's intention to destroy Jinling City was a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

……

……

At the same time, above the Jinling City County Magistrate's Mansion.

“Hahahaha! Lord County Magistrate, give up struggling!”

Captain Peng Xiang led the battle formation composed of many city defense troops and Tianfu disciples, and slashed out a terrifying sword light with unparalleled power, which sent Wang Tiangang flying thousands of meters away. He looked up to the sky and laughed heartily.

"At this point, no one can destroy the Heaven-Sealing Absolute Earth Formation. Jinling City is doomed to be destroyed tonight!"

Wang Tiangang and the tens of thousands of city defense troops who formed a battle formation around him staggered out of the pits on the ground. Their angry eyes swept across Peng Xiang and others in the air, and fell directly on the Tianfu Sect Master who was absorbing and gathering all the blood and energy behind them.

As the prefect of Jinling City, Wang Tiangang's cultivation level and the number of monks he led in the battle formation were much higher than Peng Xiang's. Logically, he should have easily defeated the opponent. However, he lost because the essence and blood in his body were constantly being sucked away by the Jedi Formation.

Wang Tiangang had already reached the peak of the second level. With the current efficiency of the Sealing Heaven and Desperate Earth Formation in plundering his essence and blood, it would take at least half a day to drain his essence and blood. However, the city defense army subordinates who formed the battle formation around him were not as resistant as he was. In just a short while, their cultivation level had at least dropped by half.

On the other hand, Peng Xiang and other Tianfu disciples have the means to prevent the loss of essence and blood, and can always keep themselves in good condition. As a result of this increase and decrease, Wang Tiangang and others are naturally no match for him.

"We can't go on like this..."

Wang Tiangang gritted his teeth and said secretly, his eyes fixed on the Tianfu Sect Master who was absorbing all the blood and energy in the distance.

Although he hated the traitor Peng Xiang and wanted to cut him into pieces immediately, the threat from the leader of Tianfu Sect in the distance was the most deadly to Jinling City.

"It seems that this magic array that devours essence and blood is centered on the Tianfu Sect Master. As long as he is killed, the magic array will collapse on its own!" (End of this chapter)